UFA Update
October 30, 2008
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Table of Contents
1. UFA Calls for Fisheries Protections for North Aleutian Basin Oil and Gas
2. Statement of Senator Ted Stevens
3. U.S. Coast Guard, Chinese Interdict 28 Illegal Fishermen on High Seas
4. Appeal threatens to hold up Exxon Valdez payments
5. State could buy fishing permits – KTUU on Cook Inlet Task Force
6. Juneau Fish And Game Advisory Committee falls apart
7. Fish and Game Advisory Committee Meetings schedules for review of BOF Proposals
8. BOF adds Supplemental Proposals to upcoming meeting schedule -
9. Kenai Peninsula Clarion: Guide board proposal panned
10. Alaska Board Of Fisheries 2009 Call For Proposals – deadline April 10, 2009
11. Pollock stocks low, should rise by 2009
12. Research indicates that oyster fats fight breast cancer
13. Comment deadline November 3 on Organic Proposed Rules – Farmed fish and wild fish meal may be “Organic” - but not wild fish?
14. Coastal Impact Assistance Program Approved
15. State Chamber Legislative Fly In October 30
16. UAF research helps boost nutritional value of canned salmon
17. Yup'ik ties give Palins unique Alaska connection
18. NY Times: Palin’s Hand Seen in Battle Over Mine in Alaska
19. Pebble Update from Northern Dynasty
20. Bristol Bay Critical Habitat Areas scoping meetings Nov 5 – 13, & Anchorage 11/18.
21. Presidential Amendment Ensures Recreational Fishing on Federal Lands and Waters
22. Fisheries managers tweak halibut subsistence rules
23. Fort Yukon man to lead Division of Subsistence - Gov. Palin Appoints Craig Fleener
24. Federal Subsistence RAC transcripts posted
25. Governor chooses 7 for Pacific Salmon Commission
26. Food and Water Watch rebuttal to Science Magazine on benefits of privitation
27. Proposed Rule to exempt Dinglebar fishery from VMS - Comment by November 3
28. NMFS Posts Final Rule on Native Subsistence Beluga Whale Take
29. NOAA Lists Cook Inlet Beluga Whales as Endangered
30. NMFS issues endangered listing for Cook Inlet Beluga Whale, & Conservation Plan
31. IPHC’s Leaman optimistic for increased SE halibut harvests
32. NPFMC. Announcements and Items from the October Meeting.
33. NPFMC call for nominations to Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).
34. NMFS workshops on eLandings groundfish reporting – Seattle Nov 20-21.
35. Senator Elton warns of effect of falling oil price
36. Fish Tunes: Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers - Cannery Girl
37. Alaska's coastline one million pounds cleaner
38. Laine Welch's Fish Radio –Topics from this week
39. Fisheries scientists shortage forecast
40. Help Wanted: DEC State of Alaska Seafood Program Manager
41. NOAA Fisheries seeks Fishery Management Specialists for Juneau positions
42. 2008 Status of U.S. Fisheries Third Quarter Update
43. Comment Deadline Dec. 1 on Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale – Mtg. Scheduled
44. Deadline Dec 15 on DNR Call for New Information – AK Peninsula Oil and Gas
45. NOAA and NSF Commission National Study of Ocean Acidification
46. Annual Arctic Report Card Shows Stronger Effects of Warming
47. NOAA Ocean Temperature Forecast Helps Recreational Tuna Fishers Find Catch, Conserve Fuel
48. NOAA Announces 15-Year Plan to Upgrade its Fleet of Research Ships
49. NPRB Proposals Due Dec 5.
50. ADF&G Recent Reports
51. NOAA posts correction to Subsistence Halibut regulations
52. Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee meets November 12-14 in New Orleans
53. Unmanned Aircraft Launched from NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson in ice seal research
54. MMRC Sea Lion Research: The Benefits of Buoyancy?
55. Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program 2008 Report to Congress
56. Saltonstall Kennedy Grant Deadline November 3, 2008
57. IPHC 2008 Halibut Landing Report No. 11 -Quota Share Commercial Fisheries
58. Deadline Noon October 31 for AK Sustainable Salmon Fund Proposals
59. Coast Guard Investigation Continues into Katmai Sinking
60. Coast Guard reiterates need to report marine casualties
61. U.S. Coast Guard Safety Alerts posted Oct 23.
62. USCG F/V Safety comment deadline extended to Dec 15, meetings planned for Pacific Marine Expo
1. UFA Calls for Fisheries Protections for North Aleutian Basin Oil and Gas Development
United Fishermen of Alaska, representing 37 Alaska commercial fishing organizations, on Thursday called for protections for ongoing sustainable fishing activities in the North Aleutian Basin, as the federal government considers moving forward with development of oil and gas leases in the area.
"The area under consideration represents over 40% of the commercial U.S. fisheries catch including the nation's richest crab, pollock, cod, halibut, and salmon fisheries, with annual harvests worth more than a half a billion dollars in ex-vessel value. With additional value in the processing sector and the nutritional value of sustainable seafood from these pristine waters, the long term value to the region and the nation stands on a par with energy needs. Sustainable, wild capture seafood production is an integral part of our national food production, and as such it is essential to overall national security," said UFA President Joe Childers…
http://www.sitnews.us/1008news/101808/101808_fisheries.html
&
UFA Scoping Comments for Comment on EIS for Lease Sale 214 in the North Aleutian Basin – http://www.ufa-fish.org/doc/UFA%20Comment%20EIS%20101608.pdf
&
Alaska Journal of Commerce: UFA calls for fisheries protections in North Aleutian Basin
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/102608/hom_20081
026021.shtml
2. Statement of Senator Ted Stevens
“I am obviously disappointed in the verdict but not surprised given the repeated instances of prosecutorial misconduct in this case. The prosecutors had to report themselves to the Justice Department's Office of Professional Responsibility during the trial for ethical violations. Exculpatory evidence was hidden from my lawyers. A witness was kept from us and then sent back to Alaska. The Government lawyers allowed evidence to be introduced that they knew was false. I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have.
“ I am innocent. This verdict is the result of the unconscionable manner in which the Justice Department lawyers conducted this trial. I ask that Alaskans and my Senate colleagues stand with me as I pursue my rights. I remain a candidate for the United States Senate.”
http://stevens.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom
.PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=406d87b6-ed1c-754e-dd8b-2ed
d38720a5a&Region_id=&Issue_id=
3. U.S. Coast Guard, Chinese Law Enforcement Officer Interdict 28 Illegal Fishermen on High Seas
JUNEAU, Alaska -- A People's Republic of China Fisheries Law Enforcement Command (FLEC) officer on board a U.S. Coast Guard cutter, seized a Chinese fishing vessel suspected of illegal large-scale high-seas drift net fishing 400 miles east of Hokkaido, Japan.
Spotted and vectored in by a Coast Guard H-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Los Angeles, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro and the FLEC officer intercepted the Zhe Pu Yu Leng with 28 fishermen on board. The fishing vessel attempted to evade the helicopter…
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/780/236101/
Thanks to Senator Stevens for international high seas driftnet enforcement.
4. Appeal threatens to hold up Exxon Valdez payments
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - Prince William Sound commercial fishermen have waited 19 years for punitive damages against Exxon Mobil Corp. in the nation's worst oil spill, and now that a payout is imminent, another delay may be coming from those expecting a piece…
Lawyers for Sea Hawk Seafoods Inc., a Seattle-based company that ran a fish-processing plant in Valdez, have filed court papers objecting to the allocation plan.
http://www.dailyastorian.info/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSect
ionID=395&ArticleID=55298&TM=5431.437
& Judge Holland issues Scheduling Order on Sea Hawk motion
“On October 27, 2008 Judge Holland issued a scheduling order pertaining to Sea Hawk Seafoods' motion to set aside the Plan of Allocation. A copy of this order can be viewed at http://www.exspill.com/Portals/5/documents/SchedulingOrder.pdf
EVOS Plaintiffs – for litigation updates, to set up for direct deposits, and other useful information see: http://www.exspill.com/News/tabid/1901/Default.aspx or http://www.exspill.com/
Thanks to Senator Stevens for his work in passing Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Tax Treatment– one of UFA’s top priorities for the last three years.
5. State could buy fishing permits – KTUU on Cook Inlet Task Force
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- A state task force is considering buying fishing permits from Cook Inlet commercial fishermen in the hopes that less fishing will replenish salmon runs…
While the committee didn't make any recommendations on Thursday, committee members say they have a better idea of what effect buying back fishing permits would have on Cook Inlet salmon.
"Based on the testimony, it's going to be difficult to go in and buy enough permits and keep them out of circulation to accomplish the kind of goals we're talking about," Rep. Mike Doogan said. "It's not impossible, but difficult."
Representatives say the purpose of the committee is to look at buybacks…
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=
9156768&nav=menu510_2
The official Cook Inlet Legislative Salmon Task Force website is online at:
http://housemajority.org/coms/index.php?c=80#committees
6. Juneau Fish And Game Advisory Committee falls apar
Nine of 15 members quit in conflict about charter representation
By Kate Golden | Juneau Empire
The Juneau-Douglas Fish and Game advisory committee, held up as a model for the rest of the state, fell apart this week. Nine of its 15 members quit, saying the committee overrepresents charter fishing operators.
"It's really unfortunate, because this has been a very solid committee and has had an excellent reputation in recent years," said Jim Marcotte, executive director of the Board of Fisheries and Board of Game…
Several of those who quit had been on the committee for decades, such as trapper and vice chairman Nick Yurko, a 30-plus-year veteran. Yurko, a sportsman, five commercial fishermen, a conservationist and an alternate who commercially fishes quit. They said charter fishing operators have been elected into two seats reserved for sport or personal-use fishermen and hunters.
With too many charter operators and not enough sportsmen, the committee no longer represented Juneau's population, they said.
"A lot of us feel like you want to protect the Alaskan resident sport fisherman who goes out and gets a little bit in their freezer, but doesn't take more than they need," said Kathy Hansen, executive director of the Southeast Alaska Fishermen's Alliance and the chairwoman who quit.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/102908/loc
_349550602.shtml
Please keep an eye on http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/regs/publicnotices.php for posted advisory committee notices.
Interesting blog discussion follows the story on this…
7. Fish and Game Advisory Committee Meetings schedules for review of BOF Proposals
Fish and Game Advisory Committee schedules:
http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/regs/publicnotices.php
8. BOF adds Supplemental Proposals to upcoming meeting schedule -
The following topics will be addressed at this winter’s meetings:…
In the Upper Cook Inlet Area Central District Drift Gillnet Fishery Management Plan, areas closed to fishing from July 16 through July 31 at all run strengths. (5 AAC 21.353(a)(2)(B)(i-iii)…
Kodiak Area herring fishery, gillnet quota and management plan…
Bering Sea area and Bristol Bay area, areas closed to non-pelagic trawl, and closures for essential fish habitat…
In the Aleutian Islands District Pacific cod fishery, vessel length limit and daily catch limits…
Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands management area Pacific cod fishery, longline vessel length limit…
Parallel groundfish fisheries reporting…
and more…
Public Notice:
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e7a8925
672a0060a91b/0c93e9c639578121892574ef007ea10f?OpenDoc
ument
BOF Supplemental Proposals: http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/
fishinfo/meetinfo/2008-2009/propbook/supp-fish.pdf
9. Kenai Peninsula Clarion: Guide board proposal panned
By Dante Petri, Peninsula Clarion
The Department of Fish and Game was met with an icy reception at their sport fish guide services board discussion meeting Monday night in Soldotna.
The department is holding meetings in localities across the state to discuss the language drafted by a Fish and Game task force. This group was created in late 2006 to specifically address concerns that the guide industry has burgeoned to unreasonable size in some areas of the state. Robert Bentz, deputy director of the Division of Sport Fish, said such areas of concerns include the Kenai. The task force's response to the issue is a proposal to create a board with oversight of commercial sport fishing operations through out the state…
More than two dozen members of the public attended. Though members were not asked to introduce themselves, most said they were guides or spoke from the perspective of the guiding industry…
The most common concern expressed was how the board, if created, would go about eliminating guides in units where that may be deemed necessary…
Bentz said after the public meetings come to a close in mid-November, he'll make a report to Fish and Game Commissioner Denby Lloyd. The commissioner could then take it to the governor's office for approval. If approved by the governor's office it would finally go to the Legislature.
"From there it could take two to three years before it would be set up," Bentz said.
The draft language is available for viewing and comment online at
ht
tp://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/statewide/guides/GSpecIssues.cfm .
Kenai Peninsula Clarion story:
http://www.peninsulaclarion.com/stories/102908/new_
349591320.shtml
10. Alaska Board Of Fisheries 2009 Call For Proposals – deadline April 10, 2009
The Alaska Board Of Fisheries calls for proposed changes
in the subsistence, commercial, personal use, sport, guided sport, and guided sport ecotourism finfish regulations for the Bristol Bay, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim, and Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands finfish Areas, and statewide finfish regulations
Proposal Deadline - 5:00 P.M., Friday, April 10, 2009
The Alaska Board of Fisheries is accepting proposed changes to the subsistence, commercial, personal use, sport, guided sport, and guided sport ecotourism finfish regulations for the Bristol Bay, Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim, and Alaska Peninsula/Aleutian Islands management areas. Finfish includes: salmon, herring, trout, groundfish, char, burbot, northern pike, whitefish, Pacific cod, sablefish, shark, pollock, etc., but does not include halibut.
Online Public Notice:
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e7a8925
672a0060a91b/1f99857e437cd888892574f0005bf4b9?Open
Document
BOF announcement:
http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/2008-2009
/propcall-2009.pdf
11. Pollock stocks low, should rise by 2009
By Margaret Bauman , Alaska Journal of Commerce
A federal fisheries scientist said Oct. 20 that Alaska pollock stocks are relatively low now, but above-average numbers of new fish coming into the stock bodes well for the fishery in 2009 and 2010…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/102608/hom_
20081026013.shtml
12. Research indicates that oyster fats fight breast cancer
By Laine Welch , For the Alaska Journal of Commerce
For centuries oysters have been famous as an aphrodisiac, and recent science bears that out. Now, there is even more exciting news: oyster fats, called ceramides, appear to fight breast cancer.
When oyster ceramides were introduced to breast cancer cells in lab tests, the fats appear to fight the cancer by blocking the blood supply to the tumor and preventing it from growing…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/102608/hom_
20081026022.shtml
13. Comment deadline November 3 on Organic Proposed Rules – Farmed fish and wild fish meal may be “Organic” - but not wild fish?
“Final recommendations on what will constitute organic aquaculture products by the U.S. Department of Agriculture are being sent forward with provisions allowing for use of wild-caught fish as feed and for fish raised in net pens to be considered organic and allowed to use the USDA organic seal.
“The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Livestock Committee made the recommendations to the National Organic Program on Sept. 28. NOP is expected to vote on them in November. If approved by NOP, they head to USDA for final approval.”
The two relevant rules are at
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC
5072722&acct=nosb
and
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRD
C5072721&acct=nosb
Comments may be submitted in writing to Valerie Frances, Executive Director, NOSB, USDA-AMS-TMD-NOP, 1400 Independence Ave., SW, Room 4008-S, Ag Stop 0268, Washington, DC 20250-0268, or via the internet at www.regulations.gov only. The comments should identify Docket Number AMS-AMS-08-0083. The deadline for all comments, whether submitted by mail or the internet, is Monday, November 3, 2008.
Meeting Notice:
http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?
template=TemplateU&navID=&page=Newsroom&resultType=
Details&dDocName=STELPRDC5072669&dID=100996&wf=false
&description=National+Organic+Standards+Board+to+Meet+
November+17-19+&topNav=Newsroom&leftNav=&rightNav1
=&rightNav2=
To comment via Regulations.gov
http://www.regulations.gov/fdmspublic/component/main?main=
DocketDetail&d=AMS-AMS-08-0083
Or if this link does not work go to www.regulations.gov and select Docket No. AMS-AMS-08-0083
True Food Network Action Alert
http://ga3.org/campaign/NOSBaqua
Wild fish are not called organic because they eat wild forage fish, but farmed fish eating wild forage fish could be labeled organic? This will happen if you do not let them know what you think about it.
14. Coastal Impact Assistance Program Approved
October 15, 2008 - Anchorage, Alaska – On September 30, 2008, the federal Minerals Management Service (MMS) approved Alaska’s Coastal Impact Assistance Program (CIAP) State Plan, making Alaska eligible to receive federal funds under the CIAP initiative. Randall Luthi, director of MMS, along with state Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Tom Irwin, will commemorate this milestone with an event on Thursday, October 16, at 1 p.m. at the Kincaid Park Chalet in Anchorage.
CIAP was established through the Energy Policy Act of 2005. The program is designed to promote coastal restoration by sharing with states and local communities a portion of revenues generated from Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) resources by providing $250 million annually in the years 2007 through 2010 to the six oil and gas producing states. Alaska’s portion should increase in 2009 and 2010 due to the revenues generated from MMS’s 2008 Chukchi Sea Sale 193. ..
Governor Palin Press release: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1518
15. State Chamber Legislative Fly In October 30 to discuss positions on F&G Mgmt, Marketing, Resource, Cruise ship discharge, Coastal Zone Management,
http://www.alaskachamber.com/content/index.php?option=com
_content&task=view&id=77&Itemid=1
16. UAF research helps boost nutritional value of canned salmon
“Right now, pink salmon is among the lowest value of commercial salmon. It is a low value, high quantity fish (on the market),” said Oliveira, associate professor at the Fishery Industrial Technology Center, a branch of the UAF School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences based in Kodiak. “We are looking at ways to make it more nutritionally valuable (by adding salmon oil to the processed fish).”..
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/oct/15/uaf-student-
research-offers-free-fish-samples-help/
17. Yup'ik ties give Palins unique Alaska connection
…Sarah Palin's personal story has captivated America from the time she was named John McCain's vice presidential candidate.
Yet the Heath family story is a familiar one in Alaska, a pioneer narrative. Her father was a schoolteacher who loved to hunt and fish. They moved to Alaska when Sarah was a newborn.
Todd Palin's roots in Alaska are more complicated and run deeper — all the way back to that sod house on the tundra and the winter day Glass Eye Billy made a freight stop at Tuklung on a dog run to Togiak…
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008301960
_webpalinyupik23.html
18. NY Times: Palin’s Hand Seen in Battle Over Mine in Alaska
EKWOK, Alaska — Two years ago, Sarah Palin landed near this tiny native village and spoke of her love for the vast and starkly beautiful delta that drains into Bristol Bay.
“I am a commercial fisherman; my daughter’s name is Bristol,” said Ms. Palin, then a candidate for governor. “I could not support a project that risks one resource that we know is a given, and that is the world’s richest spawning grounds, over another resource.”
Many here took her words to heart. But as governor, Ms. Palin has helped ease the way for a proposed copper and gold mine of near-mythic proportions at the headwaters of Bristol Bay, the world’s greatest spawning ground for wild salmon…
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/22/us/politics/
22mining.html?em
19. Pebble Update from Northern Dynasty
http://www.northerndynastyminerals.com/ndm/NewsReleases
.asp?ReportID=325661
We have not found anything online about the Keystone “stakeholder” process meetings that have been held this month.
20. Bristol Bay Critical Habitat Areas scoping meetings Nov 5 – 13, & Anchorage Nov 18.
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Division of Habitat and Division of Wildlife Conservation invite the public to participate in a series of scoping meetings to share information and concerns about five Critical Habitat Areas (CHAs) on the Alaska Peninsula. These meetings are the first step in ADF&G’s year long planning process to write a Management Plan for these Critical Habitat Areas…
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e7a892
5672a0060a91b/bfaaa9b8820e5569892574ef0083cc03?Open
Document
21. Presidential Amendment Ensures Recreational Fishing to Be Maintained on Federal Lands and Waters
Threat of Marine Protected Areas Blocking Anglers Out of Prime Fishing Areas Lessened
President George W. Bush has signed an amendment to the 1995 Executive Order on recreational fishing that ensures that federal agencies maintain recreational fishing on federal lands and waters, including marine protected areas.
"Our nation's sportsmen and women are among our foremost conservationists. I was pleased to amend Executive Order 12962 to recognize the value of recreational fishing as a sustainable activity in federal waters," stated President Bush.
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/presidential-amendment
-ensures-recreational-fishing/story.aspx?guid=%7B9FFDEE74-CDF9
-4568-A883-DB1DCC17A3B8%7D&dist=hppr
22. Fisheries managers tweak halibut subsistence rules
Limited subsistence halibut fishing allowed in Juneau, Ketchikan
By Kate Golden | JUNEAU EMPIRE
Limited subsistence fishing for halibut will be allowed in Juneau and Ketchikan, by Alaska Native tribal members with an educational or ceremonial permit.
That and other recent changes to the 5-year-old federal halibut subsistence program have found approval with Native leaders…
The most controversial change affects "customary trade," which allows Native subsistence fishermen to get reimbursements from the community members who eat their fish. Instead of a $400 cap, the new rule narrows reimbursements to the actual expenses of ice, food, fuel and bait…
"There was a perception that the Native community, individuals, were trying to sell subsistence halibut. And that was not their intent," Loescher said…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100908/loc_
342082095.shtml
Federal Register Notice Sept 24, 2008: h
ttp://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-22411.htm
23. Fort Yukon man to lead Division of Subsistence - Gov. Palin Appoints Craig Fleener
By Tim Mowry, Fairbanks News - Miner
FAIRBANKS — A Fort Yukon Native has been named as the new director for the state Division of Subsistence.
Craig Fleener, 41, who was born and raised in Fort Yukon and has served on the Alaska Board of Game for the past eight months, was appointed by Department of Fish and Game commissioner Denby Lloyd on Tuesday.
“Craig is exactly the kind of person we need to lead our subsistence division,” Lloyd said. “His background, his expertise and his energy will be welcome additions to our department.”
http://newsminer.com/news/2008/oct/15/fort-yukon
-man-lead-division-subsistence/
24. Federal Subsistence RAC transcripts posted
Southeast, Southcentral, Kodiak, Bristol Bay, Y-K, Seward Peninsula, NW Arctic, Eastern Interior, and North Slope Subsistence RAC meeting transcripts are posted online:
See sidebar & select Regional Advisory Councils at:
http://alaska.fws.gov/asm/index.cfml
25. Governor chooses 7 for Pacific Salmon Commission
Gov. Sarah Palin this week announced her Pacific Salmon Commission panel picks.
Palin renominated state Department of Fish and Game workers Gordy Williams and Brian Frenette, both of Juneau, to the Northern panel, which provides technical and regulatory advice to the commission.
Palin chose five Southeast residents for the Transboundary panel, which makes recommendations on the Alsek, Taku and Stikine rivers…
Dale Kelley is executive director of the Alaska Trollers Association, a former commissioner to the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission and a former alternate to the commission's Northern panel.
Jim Becker of Juneau, on the panel since 2000, is a longtime commercial fisherman and on the boards of the United Southeast Alaska Gillnetters Association and the Juneau Chamber of Commerce.
Rod Brown of Wrangell, first appointed in 2005, is a retired teacher who fished commercially during summers and sport-fishes.
Arnold Enge of Petersburg, first appointed in 2000, gillnets for salmon and herring and fishes for halibut.
Gary Gray of Yakutat, appointed in 2006, owns a lodge and provides hunting and fishing guide services, and was a commercial setnetter for 15 years…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/100808/sta
_341630108.shtml
26. Food and Water Watch rebuttal to Science Magazine on benefits of privitation
The Science article, optimistically titled “Privatization Prevents Collapse of Fish Stocks, Global Analysis Shows,” reviewed a study that analyzed the state of fisheries with ITQs in place and those that use other management regimes. Their findings in brief: Only 14% of the 121 fisheries using ITQs or similar methods had collapsed, compared with 28% of the 11,000-odd fisheries operating under alternate management regimes.
For the average Ethicurean, these results make ITQs sound like a promising management system. Not so simple, say I….
… Ethicureans concerned about how their food is produced, as well as what’s in it, would do well to view ITQs — along with Open Ocean Aquaculture (OOA) — as the current frontline issues in the resistance against corporate takeover of the public’s fishery resources…
http://www.ethicurean.com/2008/10/07/pirates-patrol
-these-waters/#more-3189
Science Magazine article (9/17/08): Privatization Prevents Collapse of Fish Stocks, Global Analysis Shows
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/summary/sci;321/5896/1619a
27. Proposed Rule to exempt Dinglebar fishery from VMS requirement - Comment Deadline November 3
NMFS proposes a regulatory amendment to exempt fishermen using dinglebar fishing gear in federal waters of the Gulf of Alaska from the
requirement to carry a vessel monitoring system (VMS). This action is necessary because the risk of damage posed to protected corals in the
Gulf of Alaska by the dinglebar gear fishery is minor and insufficient to justify the costs of VMS…
DATES: Comments must be received no later than November 3, 2008.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-23456.htm
28. NMFS Posts Final Rule on Native Subsistence Beluga Whale Take
Taking of the Cook Inlet, Alaska Beluga Whale Stock by Alaska Natives
SUMMARY: NMFS issues final regulations establishing long-term limits
on the maximum number of Cook Inlet beluga whales that may be taken by
Alaska Natives for subsistence and handicraft purposes.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-24511.htm
Government declares beluga whale endangered
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJx0IzvRt6GWrUBb9
0Foe4URCGagD93SGV0G0
29. NOAA Lists Cook Inlet Beluga Whales as Endangered
October 17, 2008
NOAA today announced that the Cook Inlet beluga whale population near Anchorage is in danger of extinction, and has been listed as an endangered species.
“In spite of protections already in place, Cook Inlet beluga whales are not recovering,” said James Balsiger, NOAA acting assistant administrator for NOAA’s Fisheries Service.
Listing the Cook Inlet beluga whales means any federal agency that funds, authorizes, or carries out new projects or activities that may affect the whales in the area must first consult with NOAA’s Fisheries Service to determine the potential effects on the whales. A federal action must not jeopardize the continued existence of a listed species.
NOAA Press Release:
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/200810
17_belugawhale.html
30. NMFS issues endangered listing for Cook Inlet Beluga Whale, & Conservation Plan
ACTION: Final rule.
SUMMARY: We, NMFS, issue a final determination to list a Distinct Population Segment (DPS) of the beluga whale, Delphinapterus leucas, found in Cook Inlet, Alaska, as endangered under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA)…
After consideration of public comments received on the proposed rule and other available information, we have determined that the Cook Inlet beluga whale is in danger of extinction throughout its range, and should be listed as an endangered species. We will propose to designate critical habitat for the Cook Inlet beluga whale in a future rulemaking…
Federal Register Notice: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-25100.htm
& Conservation Plan:
NMFS announces the availability of the final conservation plan for the Cook Inlet Beluga Whale pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (MMPA).
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-25101.htm
&
State of Alaska Disappointed in Federal Listing of Cook Inlet Belugas, Citing Concern for Jobs and Families
Governor Palin press release: chttp://www.gov.state.ak.us/news.php?id=1528
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Senator Stevens Statement on Beluga Listing:
“There are currently over 100,000 beluga whales in the world. Taking that fact into consideration, I strongly oppose listing belugas in Cook Inlet as endangered. Such a small number, 1 percent— perhaps less— of the world’s belugas have historically ever lived in the waters surrounding Cook Inlet, and this is a deliberate targeting of an area vital to the Alaskan economy to protect a species that is increasing in population.
http://stevens.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=NewsRoom.
PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=0c816c85-c0a7-15b9-cf65-2e34c
85d2bb8&Region_id=&Issue_id=
31. IPHC’s Leaman optimistic for increased SE halibut harvests
SITKA, ALASKA (2008-10-23) Scientists with the International Pacific Halibut Commission are confident that a new strategy for counting halibut will improve the outlook for both the fish and the fishermen in Southeast Alaska.
Dr. Bruce Leaman, executive director of the IPHC, recently toured Southeast communities to talk with commercial and sport fishermen about new changes to the commission's survey methods, and what those changes may mean for the future of halibut stocks.
KCAW Audio: http://krbd.org/modules/local_news/index.php?op=
sideBlock&syndicated=true&ID=414
IPHC talks to local fleet (Petersburg, 10/23).
For commercial halibut fishers there is a correct way to bait to avoid snarls, a correct way to set to avoid entanglements, and a correct way to haul to avoid parting the gear; it’s the determining of their sustainable harvest catching quotas that has fishers scratching their heads.
“It is nothing that you have done wrong,” said IPHC executive director Bruce Leaman. “It’s been a change in our understanding of the stock based on new tagging information. The trick of fishery science is not to take more out of a biomass than is sustainable. The perception that this has all been done right is not correct, and I’ve even heard it from some of you, catch rates in Area 2 have been going down and that’s not an indication of sustainable management. The commission has over-estimated biomass in Area 2 for years.”
Leaman was addressing a Petersburg City Council Chamber crowded with local commercial halibut fishers concerned over the IPHC’s latest methodology to determine the coast wide estimates of exploitable halibut biomass which resulted in different computations than previous closed-area stock assessments had allowed…
http://www.petersburgpilot.com/www/stories/102308halibut.htm
32. NPFMC. Announcements and Items from the October Meeting.
Salmon Bycatch: Notice of participating in community meetings on salmon bycatch http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/b
ycatch/C
hinook908Mailout_all.pdf
Area 2C/3A Halibut Catch Sharing Plan Motion ht
tp://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/halibut_issues/
HalibutCSPmotion1008.pdf
Exemption from Regional Landing Requirements Motion: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/crab/CrabReg
Exempt1008motion.pdf
NPFMC Home page: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/
33. NPFMC call for nominations to the Council’s Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC).
The Council is calling for nominations to the Council's Advisory Panel (AP) and Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC). The SSC advises the Council on scientific and other technical matters relating to issues before the Council. The AP is composed of representatives of the fishing industry and others interested in managing the North Pacific fisheries, and provides advice from those perspectives. Members of these panels are expected to attend up to five meetings, three to six days in length, each year. SSC members serve one year appointments; members of the AP serve three-year terms. There are 8 AP seats up for appointment. AP members whose terms expire at the end of this year include Tim Evers, Bob Gunderson, Chuck McCallum, Michelle Ridgway, Beth Stewart, Lori Swanson, and John Crowley. The Council will also approve a replacement for John Henderschedt for the remainder of his term, through 2009. Jerry Downing is currently appointed to that seat for the remainder of 2008.
Additionally, 12 nominations are open for two year terms on the Pacific Northwest Crab Industry Committee (PNCIAC). PNCIAC was formed by the Council to provide the Bering Sea crab industry from the Pacific Northwest access to the Alaska regulatory process, similar to that of Alaskan residents. The committee meets several times a year to review proposed changes in crab fishery regulations and other crab fishery related issues.
Letters of interest or nomination, along with a resume of experience, for persons wishing to be considered for any of these panels, should be sent to the NPFMC, 605 W. 4th Avenue, #306, Anchorage, AK 99501, by 5:00 pm on Monday, December 1.
Appointments will be announced at the end of the next Council meeting the week of December 3rd at the Hilton Hotel in Anchorage and will become effective in January 2009. For more information, contact the Council office.
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/CallforNominations2009.pdf
34. NMFS workshops on eLandings groundfish reporting – Seattle Nov 20-21.
NMFS, Alaska Region, and the U.S. Coast Guard, North Pacific Fisheries Training Center, will present workshops on eLandings, a consolidated electronic means of reporting production of commercial groundfish to multiple management agencies for Federal and State fisheries off the coast of Alaska, and 2009 recordkeeping and reporting
requirements for the Alaska groundfish fisheries and Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) fisheries.
DATES: The workshops will be held on November 20 and 21, 2008… in Seattle, WA. … The workshops are scheduled as follows:
1. November 20, 2008, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Pacific Standard Time (PST), at the Silver Cloud Inn -- Lake Union, Capital Hill Room, 1150 Fairview Ave N, Seattle, WA.
NMFS will provide a demonstration of the new version of eLandings for at-sea catcher
processors and training on how to submit daily production reports and fish tickets.
2. November 21, 2008, 10 a.m. to 11 a.m., PST, at Pacific Marine Fish Expo, Qwest Field Event Center, Room C2, 800 Occidental Ave S, Seattle, WA. NMFS and Coast Guard will discuss recordkeeping and reporting requirements and instructions for completing and submitting required reports and logbooks. Suggestions and recommendations on
scheduling these workshops or on holding workshops at other times and places are welcome..
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-25706.htm
Pacific Marine Expo Home page: http://www.pacificmarineexpo.com/
35. Senator Elton warns of effect of falling oil price
JUNEAU, Alaska — A state senator says the downward trend in crude oil prices could have state budget writers figuring how to make ends meet next session.
Juneau Democrat Kim Elton, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, says the price of Alaska crude oil needs to be about $75 to $80 per barrel to cover current state spending.
The price Friday fell below $70 per barrel.
http://www.fortmilltimes.com/124/story/331061.html
36. Fish Tunes: Ray Troll and the Ratfish Wranglers - Cannery Girl
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1xg8tOaaQQ
37. Alaska's coastline one million pounds cleaner
By Laine Welch
Marine debris clean up efforts in Alaska reached a milestone this year.
The Juneau-based MCA Foundation removed over one million pounds of debris from Alaska's 34,000 miles of shoreline since its program began in 2003.
"People ask how much is a million pounds? Think of it as getting four 747 cargo planes worth of trash off of the beach. It's a lot of junk and a real accomplishment," said program coordinator Bob King, adding that the group picked up almost 150 metric tons of trash just this year.
http://www.sitnews.us/LaineWelch/102908_fish_factor.html
38. Laine Welch's Fish Radio –Topics from this week
Wednesday 10/29/08 Trade shows top the internet in important ways
Tuesday 10/28/08 West Coast/BC salmon woes could boost AK sales; PETA calls fish
‘Sea Kittens’
Monday 10/27/08 Seafood byproducts market booming
Friday 10/24/08 Marine debris milestone for AK: 1 million pounds!
Thursday 10/23/08 UFA calls for fisheries protections from offshore oil drilling
Listen Online at: http://www.marineconservationalliance.org/fishradio.htm
& also see Laine Welch's Fish Factor at http://www.kinyradio.com/fishfactor.html
39. Fisheries scientists shortage forecast
The federal departments of Commerce and Education say that U.S. schools are not graduating enough fisheries scientists to meet demand over the next 10 years. However, while national enrollment in fisheries programs is dropping, undergraduate enrollment is up and graduate enrollment is stable in Alaska, where fisheries management is most critical…
http://thebristolbaytimes.com/news/show/3623
40. Help Wanted: DEC State of Alaska Seafood Program Manager
The Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation seeks an energetic and proactive food safety professional with experience in seafood or shellfish programs. The position serves on the Food Safety and Sanitation Program's Management Team as the Statewide Seafood Program Manager and ensures that seafood processed in Alaska meets State, Federal and International food safety requirements.
Recruitment closes December 5, 2008 at 5:00 PM Alaska Time. For further information and to apply please visit Workplace Alaska - Seafood Program Manager: http://notes4.state.ak.us/wa/postapps.nsf/3fce5e5
9a6a3b751892
56443007a8ed2/77eaa53ccdb58a21892574e900635b4
7?OpenDocument
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State of Alaska Seafood Program Coordinator
Recruitment closes November 24, 2008 at 5:00 PM Alaska Time. For further information and to apply please visit Workplace Alaska - Seafood Program Coordinator: http://notes4.state.ak.us/wa/postapps.nsf/3fce5e59a6a3b751892
56443007a8ed2/dbd5b88a585a548f892574e200575adb?Ope
nDocument
41. NOAA Fisheries seeks Fishery Management Specialists for Juneau positions
http://jobsearch.usajobs.gov/jobsearch.asp?lid=17184&FedEmp=N&
jbf574=CM54&brd=3876&vw=d&ss=0&FedPub=N&caller=%2Fa9no
aa.asp&SUBMIT1.x=99&SUBMIT1.y=12
42. 2008 Status of U.S. Fisheries Third Quarter Update
NOAA Fisheries updates stock status and the Fish Stock Sustainability Index (FSSI) score quarterly. The Status of U.S. Fisheries Report to Congress will continue to be published annually.
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/statusoffisheries/SOSmain.htm ...
43. Comment Deadline Dec. 1 on Cook Inlet Oil and Gas Lease Sale – Mtg. Scheduled
Public Hearings on the Proposed Cook Inlet Areawide Oil and Gas Lease Sale
Preliminary Best Interest Finding of the Director
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Oil and Gas, will be holding a series of public hearings in the Cook Inlet area to take public testimony on the Proposed Cook Inlet Areawide Oil and Gas Lease Sale Preliminary Best Interest Finding of the Director. Staff from the Division of Oil and Gas will be available before each hearing to answer questions about the proposed Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sales. Formal public testimony will be recorded during each hearing.
Remaining hearings:
Kenai: Monday, November 3, 2008, Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association
40610 Kalifornsky Beach Road
6:00-7:00 pm Informal Question/Answer
7:00-9:00 pm Formal Public Testimony
Homer: Thursday, November 6, 2008, Alaska Ocean and Islands Visitor Center
95 Sterling Highway (Auditorium)
6:00-7:00 pm Informal Question/Answer
7:00-9:00 pm Formal Public Testimony
Written comments may also be submitted to:
Greg Curney
Division of Oil and Gas
550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 800
Anchorage, AK 99501
Fax: (907) 269-8938
email: greg.curney@alaska.gov
The Proposed Cook Inlet Areawide Oil and Gas Lease Sale Preliminary Best Interest Finding of the Director is available on the division’s website at www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us . (see link below). CDs of the preliminary best interest finding will also be available at the hearings. Hard copies of the document are available for public review at the following locations: public libraries in Palmer, Wasilla, Kenai, Ninilchik, Homer, Soldotna, Anchor Point, and Seldovia; the Loussac Public Library in Anchorage; and the Alaska State Library System.
Under AS 38.05.035(i), only those persons whom the final finding affects and who have meaningfully participated in the best interest finding process, through written comment or oral testimony at a public hearing, are eligible to request that the commissioner reconsider the final decision.
Written comments must be received no later than December 1, 2008.
Preliminary Best Interest Finding - 2009 Proposed Cook Inlet Areawide Oil and Gas Lease Sale (September 29, 2008):http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/products/publications/
cookinlet/ciaw_2009_final_finding/ciaw09-pf_toc.html
DNR Public Notice online: http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/
cc52605f7c156e7a8925672a0060a91b/b7f7ce0aa7282e6289257
4d30075b682?OpenDocument
44. Deadline Dec 15 on DNR Call for New Information – AK Peninsula Oil and Gas
The Alaska Department of Natural Resources (ADNR), Division of Oil and Gas (DO&G), is requesting new information regarding its proposal to offer all available state acreage in the Alaska Peninsula Areawide 2009 oil and gas lease sale. Through this request for new information, DO&G provides an opportunity for interested parties to submit new information to DO&G that has become available since the issuance of the most recent best interest finding for this area. The original Alaska Peninsula Areawide final best interest finding was issued on July 25, 2005. These documents are available on DO&G’s website: www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us . ADNR will either issue a supplement to the finding or a decision of no substantial new information for this sale…
DO&G is requesting new information concerning:
• fish and wildlife species and their habitats in the area;
• current and projected uses in the area, including uses and value of fish and wildlife such as subsistence and recreation;
• potential geophysical hazards within the proposed sale area;
• reasonably foreseeable cumulative effects of exploration, development, production, and transportation for oil and
gas on the sale area, including effects on subsistence uses, fish and wildlife habitat and populations and their uses, and historic and cultural resources;
• lease stipulations and mitigation measures, including any measures to prevent and mitigate releases of oil and hazardous substances, to be included in the leases, and a discussion of the protections offered by these measures;
• reasonably foreseeable fiscal effects of the lease sale and the subsequent activity on the state and affected municipalities and communities, including the explicit and implicit subsides associated with the lease sale, if any;
• air and water quality;
• reasonably foreseeable effects of exploration, development, production, and transportation involving oil and gas on municipalities and communities within or adjacent to the lease sale area.
DNR Public Notice:
http://www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/products/publications/ak
peninsula/2009/AKPencall_newinfo2009.pdf
45. NOAA and NSF Commission National Study of Ocean Acidification
(October 20, 2008)
The first comprehensive national study of how carbon dioxide emissions absorbed into the oceans may be altering fisheries, marine mammals, coral reefs, and other natural resources has been commissioned by NOAA and the National Science Foundation…
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081020_
oceanacid.html
46. Annual Arctic Report Card Shows Stronger Effects of Warming
(October 16, 2008)
Temperature increases, a near-record loss of summer sea ice, and a melting of surface ice in Greenland are among some of the evidence of continued warming in the Arctic, according to an annual review of conditions in the Arctic issued today by NOAA and its university, agency, and international partners…
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081016_
arcticreport.html
47. NOAA Ocean Temperature Forecast Helps Recreational Tuna Fishers Find Catch, Conserve Fuel
(October 14, 2008)
A NOAA-supported computer model using ocean temperatures developed at Oregon State University, is helping West Coast sport fishermen predict the best location for catching tuna…
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/20081014_
tunamodel.html
48. NOAA Announces 15-Year Plan to Upgrade its Fleet of Research Ships
(October 23, 2008)
NOAA has completed a detailed plan to modernize its marine operations by replacing nine research ships and refurbishing a 10th in the next 15 years…
http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories2008/
20081023_researchships.html
49. NPRB Proposals Due Dec 5.
Proposals must be submitted online in accordance with instructions in the RFP. Online submission will be available from November 7, 2008 to December 5, 2008. The deadline for proposal submission is 4 p.m. (Alaska time), December 5, 2008. For more information visit our website at: http://www.nprb.org/proposals/current_rfp.html
The Science Plan noted above is online at: http://doc.nprb.org/sci_plan/science_plan_nov05_low.pdf
NPRB RFP Announcement: http://doc.nprb.org/web/09_rfp/2009_RFP-oct3-released.pdf
NPRB Home page: http://www.nprb.org/
50. ADF&G Recent Reports
Escapement Goal Review for Copper River, Bering River, and Prince William Sound Salmon Stocks… PDF file * (651KB)
http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs/fms08-01.pdf
Kodiak management area commercial herring food/bait fishery harvest strategy, 2008. LARGE PDF file * (1,413KB)
http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs/fmr08-46.pdf
Kodiak management area commercial salmon annual management report, 2007.
LARGE PDF file * (8,570KB)
http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs/fmr08-45.pdf
Summary of the interagency crab research meeting held December 12-14, 2007.
http://www.sf.adfg.state.ak.us/FedAidPDFs/sp08-11.pdf (205KB)
ADF&G Recent Reports: h
ttp://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/geninfo/pubs/pubs_recent.php
51. NOAA posts correction to Subsistence Halibut regulations
This document corrects a final rule published in the Federal Register on September 24, 2008, amending the subsistence fishery rules for Pacific halibut. This correcting amendment corrects the headings in two tables…
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-25021.htm
Related Subsistence Halibut Federal Register Notice Sept 24, 2008: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-22411.htm
52. Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee meets November 12-14 in New Orleans
Notice is hereby given of a meeting of the Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC). This will be the second meeting to be held in the calendar year 2008. Agenda topics are provided under the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this notice. All full Committee sessions will be open to the public.
DATES: The meeting will be held November 12-14, 2008, from 8:30 a.m. to
5 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Hotel Chateau LeMoyne, 301
Rue Dauphine, New Orleans, LA 70112; (504) 581-1303
For meeting materials see MAFAC home page at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/mafac/
Federal Register Notice: http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-24594.htm
53. Unmanned Aircraft Launched from NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson in ice seal research
The ScanEagle is launched off the flying bridge of the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson. Photo: Erin Moreland/NOAA Scientists have successfully launched and retrieved an unmanned aircraft from the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson this month, preparing for a planned expedition to study ice seals in the Bering Sea in the spring of 2009…
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/newsreleases/2008/aircraft102908.htm
54. MMRC Sea Lion Research: The Benefits of Buoyancy?
(October 14, 2009 ) Female sea lions routinely pack on the pounds in spring and slim down with the arrival of fall. Do these changes in body composition – and their affect on buoyancy – impact diving and foraging at depth? Using trained sea lions in an open water environment, a recent study investigated the effect of buoyancy on energy expenditure while diving.
http://www.marinemammal.org/2008/buoyancy.php
Marine Mammal Research Consortium: http://www.marinemammal.org/
55. Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program 2008 Report to Congress
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mb/financial_services/skpdfs/
s-k_annual_report08.pdf
Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Program home page:
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/mb/financial_services/skhome.htm
56. Saltonstall Kennedy Grant Deadline November 3, 2008
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-22970.htm
57. IPHC 2008 Halibut Landing Report No. 11 -Quota Share Commercial Fisheries Update (Oct 17)… http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/newsrel/2008/nr
20081017.htm
58. Deadline Noon October 31 for AK Sustainable Salmon Fund Proposals
West of Cape Suckling & Southeast Alaska call for proposals have been posted at http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/special/sssf/sssf.php and at www.pcsrf.org
ADFG Public Notice:
Southeast:
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e7a892
5672a0060a91b/c71ec64140e79786892574ca00004fd4?Open
Document
West of Cape Suckling:
http://notes5.state.ak.us/pn/pubnotic.nsf/cc52605f7c156e7a8
925672a0060a91b/dc3f340476ccd27f892574c60003a281?O
penDocument
59. Coast Guard Investigation Continues into Katmai Sinking
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Marine Board of Investigation met again today to determine causes for the sinking of the fishing vessel Katmai that claimed the lives of seven fishermen October 22…
http://www.uscgalaska.com/go/doc/780/237499/
& other Coast Guard press releases online at http://www.uscgalaska.com/go/site/780/
60. Coast Guard reiterates need to report marine casualties
Casualty reporting does not guarantee fishing can not continue
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Suffering a marine casualty does not guarantee termination from operation. The Coast Guard evaluates each case and based on the risk to human life and the environment, makes a determination on whether the vessel may continue to operate safely with reduced capability.
In response to industry concern that reporting casualties would halt all operations Capt. Mark Hamilton, commander Sector Anchorage, Captain of the Port Western Alaska, stated, "We will evaluate each case based on risk. If we can safely keep a vessel out operating we will do so. Our intention is to safeguard life and the environment while facilitating commerce."…
http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/780/231713/
61. U.S. Coast Guard Safety Alerts posted Oct 23.
Counterfeit Unitor Emergency Escape Breathing Devices (EEBDs)
http://homeport.uscg.mil/cgi-bin/st/portal/uscg_docs/MyCG/
Editorial/20080922/6-08.pdf?id=696852af661b5dfdaf7aa2
bec4e30864b62b7e16
Danger Aloft
http://homeport.uscg.mil/cgi-bin/st/portal/uscg_docs/MyCG/
Editorial/20080922/7-08.pdf?id=3a44ac3e15cdc1d1c715c5
5d7ff4b27dc9224269
Electronically-controlled cargo pump engine components
http://homeport.uscg.mil/cgi-bin/st/portal/uscg_docs/MyCG/
Editorial/20081023/9-08.pdf?id=dced2b3fbe9c725b2367c7
88c4ea33b214835b86
New - Inspection of Fuel Oil Quick-Closing Valves
http://homeport.uscg.mil/cgi-bin/st/portal/uscg_docs/MyCG/
Editorial/20081023/8-08.pdf?id=03619a99b99c04ce9d070
b95608d72d0cb612
Preventing Engine Exhaust System Fires
http://homeport.uscg.mil/cgi-bin/st/portal/uscg_docs/MyCG/
Editorial/20080917/5-08_2.pdf?id=0a46caed8be2711b46a
6fab92978eeb59968eeb4
62. USCG F/V Safety comment deadline extended to Dec 15, meetings planned for Pacific Marine Expo
SUMMARY: The Coast Guard will hold public meetings to let members of the public present comments on the advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for commercial fishing industry vessels and reopen the previously announced public comment period. Two public meetings will be held at the Pacific Marine Expo in Seattle, WA, on November 21 and 22, 2008. This proposed rulemaking would consider several changes to the current regulations.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-18532.htm
Previous item: Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
Federal Register Notice March 31:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/E8-6477.htm
Related sites:
USCG FishSafe: http://www.fishsafe.info/
USCG Fishing Vessel Safety home page: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-m/cfvs/
USCG Press Release: http://www.piersystem.com/go/doc/786/196522/
Pacific Marine Expo: http://www.pacificmarineexpo.com/08/public/enter.aspx
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